#53B89E#53B89E

#53B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53B89E
RGB	rgb(83, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 55%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -35.83, 4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 36.09, 173.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.102 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.103 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8765, 38.5861, 38.3726)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53B89E #B8536D

analogous

#53B86B #53B89E #53A0B8

triadic

#53B89E #9E53B8 #B89E53

tetradic

#53B89E #6B53B8 #B8536D #A0B853

square

#53B89E #6B53B8 #B8536D #A0B853

split-complementary

#53B89E #B853A0 #B86B53

monochromatic

#2A6657 #3C927C #53B89E #7ECAB6 #AADCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#53B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#53B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53B89E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53B89E	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceba',
    500: '#53b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53b89e;
$custom-light: #8cceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.554,
    "s": 41.564,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71509,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53B89E

secondary

#C99DA9

accent

#5676D1

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7E8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #53B89E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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